1. CHARACTERIZATION OF GENETIC MUTATIONS IN EPIDEMIC STRAINS OF ZIKA VIRUS Open Access Author: Horan, Sean Title: CHARACTERIZATION OF GENETIC MUTATIONS IN EPIDEMIC STRAINS OF ZIKA VIRUS Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: Zika virusmutationNS5 polymeraseprecursor membrane proteinenvelope proteinpre-epidemic strainepidemic straininfectionvirulenceconvergent evolution File: Download Horan_FinalThesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Joyce Jose, Thesis SupervisorDr. Santhosh Girirajan, Thesis Honors Advisor